On Jan 8, 3:06 pm, "David E. Powell"
 wrote:
> On Jan 7, 11:28 pm, Duggy  wrote:
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> > On Jan 8, 1:28 pm, "David E. Powell"
 wrote:
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> > > Hate to ask a silly question, but in JMS' book on script writing, the
> > > TV film is mentioned as usually being 120 mins. in length, with a
> > > 101-110 page script.
> > 120min air time or 120min programme time?
> I was thinking air time. It is tricky as some Network TV movies run 3
> hours with ads.
Only one I can think of is the Battlestar Galactica pilot film.  I'm
sure there are others.  It's not too common though.
Longer theatrical releases will run 3 hrs on TV, though, obviously.
> > 120 min sounds like the time with ads.  2 hours exactly so the next
> > show starts on the hour/half hour.
> Yes, that's what I was thinking. I was trying to figure in the ads,
> etc. and wondering if 101-110 pages could do it. Thank you very much
> for your response, it's something I was trying to get around as far as
> time vs. script length.
As I say they say a page=a minute.
> > > So I was wondering what the usual length is for those scripts? I am
> > > guessing 48 + 24 = 72 pages, approximately? I was going by the hourly
> > > drama requirements of about 48 pages.
> > The general guide is a page a minute, so 94 pages for 94min of
> > programme to fill a 120min slot.
> > Hense the 48 page script to for a 48min show to fill a one hour slot.
> Thank you! That works, and I get it now :)
Although 48 minutes is getting a little long these days.
> > I think those acts are determined by how many commercial breaks there
> > are.  Act ends, go to commercial, new act starts.
> OK. I was sort of used to thinking in terms of four act or five act
> play formats. I see that one could split the act breaks for commercial
> within the "acts" thematically.
> Thank you again!
That's OK.  If you get the chance ask JMS about act structure and
Australia having extra ad breaks.  It'll make him cry.
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